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2019 Trenchless Technology Projects of the Year Announced

Trenchless Technology magazine, the leading publication covering the trenchless marketplace, has announced the winners of its 27th annual Projects of the Year for 2019. Projects are awarded in New Installation and Rehabilitation categories.

The announcement was made during a special live Webinar event as part of World Trenchless Day, held on Sept 26 (fourth Thursday of September). This year’s overall winning projects for New Installation and Rehabilitation feature the trenchless applications of horizontal directional drilling and sliplining.

The Project of the Year for New Installation is Hard Rock Directional Drilling’s 8,400-ft bore in Midland, Texas. The project is part of a 4.5-mile long pipeline for Fasken Oil & Ranch’s oil and gas operations in West Texas’ Permian Basin. The new 30-in. ID pipeline actually houses three smaller pipelines carrying oil, gas and wastewater from wells to a Fasken facility. Using a Vermeer D1000x900 and a D500x500 Navigator horizontal directional drill (HDD) outfitted with an 8-in. mud motor and a pair of Vermeer R9x12T reclaimers, Hard Rock Directional Drilling installed a total of 8,414 ft of 30-in. diameter steel pipe in rock along a busy highway.

The Project of the Year for Rehabilitation is the Joint Outfall “B” Unit 1A Phase 1 Project in Carson, California. After serving the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (SDLAC) faithfully for more than 60 years, the 144-in. Joint Outfall “B” Unit 1A sewer had seen better days. Sliplining was the trenchless option best suited for this project, which was to become the largest sewer rehab project in the Western United States. Joint Outfall “B” Unit 1A Phase 1, posed significant challenges with significant flows and existence of multiple curves in the alignment. There were several curves that had to be relined and required special cut pipes and elbows. The project’s contractor was Spiniello Infrastructure West and HOBAS USA pipe was used in the sliplining process.

Winners are chosen on the basis of technical advancement, technical complexity, milestones and records achieved, interaction and cooperation and advancement of the trenchless industry. They are selected by a committee of experts representing a cross section of the industry.